Dickson Haslam has a dedicated Probate and Estate Tax Planning Department with expertise in trust administration, wills and Court of Protection issues. Our experienced team is able to advise both private clients and commercial clients. In conjunction with our accountancy and financial investment advisors, we have particular experience in the management of tax issues relating to larger estates and those clients with more complex family and business dynamics.
Our team can act as executors of your will to ensure that your wishes are carried out in the event of your death. An appointment with one of our solicitors will provide all the advice you need to make your will and to avoid any unnecessary inheritance tax. If like most people your will is less than straight-forward the experienced team at Dickson Haslam can provide the accuracy and foresight that will make the preparation of the will easy and exact.
The Court of Protection is there for those people whose finances or welfare need to be managed for them. This may occur for example in an elderly patient who has suffered a stroke or whose dementia has reached the stage where they have lost the capacity to manage their own affairs. The responsibility then falls on the family to make decisions. This is where Dickson Haslam can make an application to the Court of Protection on your behalf, allowing you the ability to protect your relative’s assets as far as you are able.
In some situations the relative may be able to request that their affairs are looked after for them, in which case they can apply for a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA). The team at Dickson Haslam can do this for you, ensuring a smooth transition in the management of affairs and the minimisation of financial loss. This is particularly important when under pressure from the local authority to sell your relatives assets to pay care home fees. It is also vital to move quickly when assets are inaccessible after a sudden loss of capacity, i.e. a stroke, because until these matters are sorted out the relatives are unable to access bank accounts.
Freephone 0800 654419 and we will be happy to arrange an appointment with one of our solicitors.
